RIAA holds fire on Webcast licensing scheme
News SoundExchange was created in partnership between the RIAA, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). People must remember that record labels take the greatest financial risk...
[October 9, 2000, 15:11]
Napster signs Euro indie labels
News The Association of Independent Musicians, which had a key role in negotiating the deal, said that it would help independent musicians get access to a wider community. Under this deal, Napster will become a new way for artists to reach their fans...
[June 26, 2001, 13:27]
A Year Ago: Diamond free to roll out Rio
News This is a great outcome for independent musicians that want to distribute music over the Internet," said Ken Wirt, Diamond's vice president of corporate marketing. On Oct.the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) -- which represents half...
[October 27, 1999, 6:45]
US Report: Diamond free to roll out Rio
News This is a great outcome for independent musicians that want to distribute music over the Internet," said Ken Wirt, Diamond's vice president of corporate marketing. On Oct.the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) -- which represents half...
[October 27, 1998, 11:00]
Indie bands sign up for legal MP3 sharing
News Wippit's agreement with the Association of Independent Musicians (AIM) will give its users access to songs released by over 550 small record labels. As first predicted by ZDNet UK, Wippit-- the UK's first legal MP3-sharing service -- has made a...
[September 28, 2001, 16:40]
UK site will be first for legal music swapping
News Wippit is rumoured to be close to making a deal with the Association of Independent Musicians (AIM), which represents thousands of small labels. A deal with AIM would give it access to songs from big-name musicians such as Stereophonics, Paul...
[August 28, 2001, 17:20]
Makers of MP3 players distance themselves from Napster
News Although the decision allowed the company to continue to operate for an indefinite period, it also opened the possibility that the Redwood City, Californian-based company is liable for millions of dollars in damages to musicians who allege...
[February 13, 2001, 11:00]
Can MP3 show us the money?
News This is increasing the options that musicians have, not giving them less. Artist Canibus thinks musicians will have other options. On Tuesday, a three-judge appellate panel scuttled a suit brought by the Recording Industry Association of America...
[June 17, 1999, 8:57]
Wippit to launch at 4pm - sans major labels
News Thanks to a deal with the Association of Independent Musicians, Wippit can offer songs from over 550 "indie" labels, including big-names stars such as Paul Oakenfold, Stereophonics and Belle & Sebastian.
[October 4, 2001, 14:05]
Another 41 file-swappers face suits
News Some artists do in fact authorise consumers to trade their music for free online, and many file-trading software companies have sought the support of independent musicians and record labels. The Recording Industry Association of America said on...
[December 4, 2003, 8:50]
BTopenworld trials music subscription service
News It has also signed up the Association of Independent Musicians. BTopenworld is trialling a music subscription service that will allow subscribers on its broadband and narrowband services to download paid-for music over the Internet, but Linux users...
[October 29, 2001, 15:18]
Dave Stewart says let Napster rock on
News Stewart predicted that eventually musicians will be paid for their work not with royalties, but on a subscription basis. Napster, which is currently being sued by the Recording Industry Association for America (RIAA) for allegedly promoting music...
[October 12, 2000, 16:21]
Guerilla tactics will defeat music industry
News Gagging Napster may be the easiest task the RIAA has to face in the war to secure royalties for musicians. Open source variations on Napster, like Gnutella, which have been developed freely by independent programmers -- look set to take the fight...
[July 27, 2000, 12:40]
MP3.com offers pay-for-play music
News Taking issue with fellow musicians Dr. After issuing his order, Judge Jed Rakoff of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York urged settlement talks between lawyers for MP3.com and the Recording Industry Association of America...
[May 3, 2000, 8:29]
Napster faces double threat in court
News Independent musicians and music publishers are asking that several individual lawsuits against the company be turned into class-action suits, allowing thousands of other individuals the option to sign on board.
[April 10, 2001, 10:27]
Hackers making Napster 'irrelevant'
News Musicians and academics debated the right and wrong of sharing digital music on the Internet at the Hacking on Planet Earth 2000 (H2K) conference Saturday. Despite the Recording Industry Association of America's pending lawsuit against Napster that...
[July 17, 2000, 8:32]
